"The Special Rapporteur again urges the Government of Thailand to engage the Hmong community to resolve this situation and he expresses his willingness to aid in the resolution process to ensure compliance with international legal norms. He reiterates his call to the Government to take appropriate steps to remedy the situation, including: 1) acknowledging the harm the Hmong community has suffered, and expressing a commitment to not allow similar exhumations of Hmong graves in the future; 2) urging the abbot of Wat Tham Krabok to issue an apology for past desecrations; and 3) ensuring the re-burial at Wat Tham Krabok of the 211 bodies of Hmong people still located at Hulin cemetery."

National Hmong Grave Desecration Committee (NHGDC)'s proposal for a memorial park, in tribute of Hmoog graves that have been desecrnted at some of the Thai refugee camps, is a vision conceived by a committee of volunteers across the United States of America. The design presented in this package is for conceptual illustration only and is not intended to be located at a specific land site. The design intent of the memorial park is to provide information to Thai authorities and/or officials in the process to prevent future grave desecrations.

St. Paul, Minn. — A Hmong organization collected testimony in St. Paul Sunday on the desecration of Hmong grave sites in Thailand. The Minnesota chapter of the National Hmong Grave Desecration Committee is gathering the testimony in preparation for a national conference in North Carolina later this month.

MEDIA NOTE: Testimony will begin at 10 a.m. and witnesses will be made available for media interviews between 1:15 and 1:45 p.m. in 324 Coffman Union. Contacts: Kelly O'Brien, College of Liberal Arts, (612) 624-4109, obrie136@umn.edu Ryan Maus, University News Service, (612) 624-1690, maus@umn.edu

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